New American Standard Bible 1995
Nehemiah 5:10-15
10And likewiseH1571 I, my brothersH251 and my servantsH5288 are lendingH5383 them moneyH3701 and grainH1715. PleaseH4994, let us leaveH5800 off thisH2088 usuryH4855. 11PleaseH4994, giveH7725 backH7725 to them this very dayH3117 their fieldsH7704, their vineyardsH3754, their oliveH2132 grovesH2132 and their housesH1004, also the hundredthH3967 part of the moneyH3701 and of the grainH1715, the newH8492 wineH8492 and the oilH3323 that you are exactingH5383 from them.” 12Then they saidH559, “We 1will giveH7725 it backH7725 and 2will requireH1245 nothingH3808 from them; we will doH6213 exactlyH3651 as you sayH559.” So I calledH7121 the priestsH3548 and 3tookH7650 an oathH7650 from them that they would doH6213 according to thisH2088 4promiseH1697. 13I 5alsoH1571 shookH5287 out the 6frontH2684 of my garmentH2684 and saidH559, “ThusH3602 may GodH430 shakeH5287 out everyH3605 manH376 from his houseH1004 and from his possessionsH3018 whoH834 does not fulfillH6965 thisH2088 7promiseH1697; even thusH3602 may he be shakenH5287 out and emptiedH7386.” And 8allH3605 the assemblyH6951 saidH559, “AmenH543!” And they praisedH1984 the LordH3068. Then the peopleH5971 didH6213 according to thisH2088 9promiseH1697.
14MoreoverH1571, from the dayH3117 that I was appointedH6680 to be their governorH6346 in the landH776 of JudahH3063, from 10the twentiethH6242 yearH8141 to the 11thirty-secondH7970H8147 yearH8141 of KingH4428 ArtaxerxesH783, for twelveH8147H6240 yearsH8141, neitherH3808 I norH3808 my 12kinsmenH251 have eatenH398 the governor’sH6346 foodH3899 allowance. 15But the formerH7223 governorsH6346 whoH834 were beforeH6440 me 13laidH3513 burdensH3513 on the peopleH5971 and tookH3947 from them breadH3899 and wineH3196 besidesH310 fortyH705 shekelsH8255 of silverH3701; evenH1571 their servantsH5288 domineeredH7980 the peopleH5971. But I did not doH6213 soH3651 14becauseH4480H6440 of the fearH3374 of GodH430.
Notes
- 1. Nehemiah 5:12 2 Chr 28:15 ↩
- 2. Nehemiah 5:12 Neh 10:31 ↩
- 3. Nehemiah 5:12 Ezra 10:5 ↩
- 4. Nehemiah 5:12 Lit word ↩
- 5. Nehemiah 5:13 Acts 18:6 ↩
- 6. Nehemiah 5:13 Lit bosom ↩
- 7. Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word ↩
- 8. Nehemiah 5:13 Neh 8:6 ↩
- 9. Nehemiah 5:13 Lit word ↩
- 10. Nehemiah 5:14 Neh 1:1 ↩
- 11. Nehemiah 5:14 Neh 13:6 ↩
- 12. Nehemiah 5:14 Lit brothers ↩
- 13. Nehemiah 5:15 Lit made heavy ↩
- 14. Nehemiah 5:15 Neh 5:9; Job 31:23 ↩
Commentaries on Nehemiah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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